Srinagar: Three CRPF troopers were killed and two others suffered injuries in a militant attack in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday. Reports reaching GNS said that suspected militants opened fire on a joint party of CRPF and Police at Noorbagh near Ahad Bab’s crossing. “In the incident, five paramilitary troopers […]
Professor Parvaiz Koul, Head of Internal and Pulmonary Medicine, SKIMS Soura, tells Kashmir Reader correspondent Junaid Nabi Bazaz that he expects a drastic surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in May and June. KASHMIR READER (KR): Based on how the novel coronavirus has so far behaved in the population, what change do you see […]
BUDGAM: The sowing season has started across Kashmir valley amid the coronavirus lockdown. The sowing season in Kashmir usually starts in the month of April and the harvest takes place in September. In the month of April, farmers prepare the fields before sowing the seeds. The preparation involves, especially for rice sowing, the ploughing of land, […]
Srinagar: An elderly man from Sopore detected of coronavirus died at SKIMS Medical College-Hospital, Bemina on Friday taking Covid-19 death tally in Jammu and Kashmir to five. Officials said Jammu and Kashmir has also recorded 14 new Covid-19 cases on Friday taking the total number of cases to 328 in the region. They said a […]
He visited two hospitals, a private clinic, and worked at a baker’s shop recently
Anantnag: The second Covid-19 positive case in Anantnag district, detected on Tuesday, might turn out to be a super spreader as the man had visited at least two hospitals, a private clinic, and many other places in the district in the last ten days, apart from working at a baker’s shop in main town Anantnag. […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court issued notice to Indian Medical Association, Resident Doctors Association and Doctors Association of Kashmir about safety, healthcare and violence against healthcare professionals. The directions came after amicus curiae, Monika Kohli, submitted that she has come across reports from J&K of an actual incident of doctors in Budgam who were held […]
Srinagar: In view of the annual Darbar move, the J&K High Court has called for a report, within two days, from the Secretary, General Administration Department, regarding the current status and location of all government records that are transported during the Durbar move. Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Rajnesh Oswal remarked that during many […]
Srinagar: Amid a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases and the extension in lockdown till May 3, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday deferred the opening of Annual Darbar in Srinagar till June 15. The civil Secretariat Srinagar was scheduled to open on May 4. However, an order issued by the General Administration […]
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu, on Friday e-launched Srinagar COVID-19 Call Centre (Emergency Response and Management Centre) and Web & Mobile Applications for Real-Time Integrated COVID-19 Management System. Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam, Atal Dulloo, Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education, Bipul Pathak, Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor, Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary, Planning, Development and […]
Shopian: Two militants were killed in an encounter with government forces at Dairoo village of south Kashmir’s Shopian. Locals from Dairoo village in Keegan belt of the district told Kashmir Reader that gunshots were heard around 6 am. Earlier according to police sources a cordon and search operation was launched by joint team of government […]